diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 59e2859dd..ce944a794 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
   "name": "@hyperlane-xyz/registry",
   "description": "A collection of configs, artifacts, and schemas for Hyperlane",
   "version": "1.0.2",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "yaml": "^2"
+  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@changesets/cli": "^2.26.2",
     "@hyperlane-xyz/sdk": "3.10.0",
@@ -14,7 +17,6 @@
     "prettier": "^2.8.8",
     "tsx": "^4.7.1",
     "typescript": "5.3.3",
-    "yaml": "^2.3.1",
     "zod": "^3.21.2",
     "zod-to-json-schema": "^3.22.5"
   },
diff --git a/src/registry/BaseRegistry.ts b/src/registry/BaseRegistry.ts
index 5816bc229..839bbf667 100644
--- a/src/registry/BaseRegistry.ts
+++ b/src/registry/BaseRegistry.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 import type { Logger } from 'pino';
 
-import { rootLogger } from '@hyperlane-xyz/utils';
-
-import { ChainMap, ChainMetadata, ChainName } from '@hyperlane-xyz/sdk';
-import { ChainAddresses, IRegistry, RegistryContent } from './IRegistry.js';
+import type { ChainMap, ChainMetadata, ChainName } from '@hyperlane-xyz/sdk';
+import type { ChainAddresses, IRegistry, RegistryContent } from './IRegistry.js';
 
 export abstract class BaseRegistry implements IRegistry {
   protected readonly logger: Logger;
@@ -13,8 +11,11 @@ export abstract class BaseRegistry implements IRegistry {
   protected metadataCache?: ChainMap<ChainMetadata>;
   protected addressCache?: ChainMap<ChainAddresses>;
 
-  constructor({ logger = rootLogger.child({ module: 'Registry' }) }: { logger?: Logger }) {
-    this.logger = logger;
+  constructor({ logger }: { logger?: Logger }) {
+    // @ts-ignore forcing in to avoid a @hyperlane-xyz/utils
+    // dependency here, which could bloat consumer bundles
+    // unnecessarily (e.g. they just want metadata)
+    this.logger = logger || console;
   }
 
   protected getChainsPath(): string {
diff --git a/src/registry/GithubRegistry.ts b/src/registry/GithubRegistry.ts
index dd9c49e51..8652667e7 100644
--- a/src/registry/GithubRegistry.ts
+++ b/src/registry/GithubRegistry.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 import type { Logger } from 'pino';
 import { parse } from 'yaml';
 
-import { rootLogger } from '@hyperlane-xyz/utils';
-
-import { ChainMap, ChainMetadata, ChainName } from '@hyperlane-xyz/sdk';
+import type { ChainMap, ChainMetadata, ChainName } from '@hyperlane-xyz/sdk';
 
 import { BaseRegistry } from './BaseRegistry.js';
-import { ChainAddresses, ChainFiles, IRegistry, RegistryContent } from './IRegistry.js';
+import type { ChainAddresses, ChainFiles, IRegistry, RegistryContent } from './IRegistry.js';
 
 const DEFAULT_REGISTRY = 'https://github.com/hyperlane-xyz/hyperlane-registry';
 const CHAIN_FILE_REGEX = /chains\/([a-z]+)\/([a-z]+)\.yaml/;
@@ -33,9 +31,7 @@ export class GithubRegistry extends BaseRegistry implements IRegistry {
   public readonly repoName: string;
 
   constructor(options: GithubRegistryOptions = {}) {
-    super({
-      logger: options.logger ?? rootLogger.child({ module: 'GithubRegistry' }),
-    });
+    super({ logger: options.logger });
     this.url = new URL(options.url ?? DEFAULT_REGISTRY);
     this.branch = options.branch ?? 'main';
     const pathSegments = this.url.pathname.split('/');